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Hera

completedLaunch 2024-180
Launched 10/7/2024HEOService CSat EEO E
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
3 payloads
HERA
active
Science Exploration
interplanetary
Juventas
active
Science Explorationinterplanetary
Milani
active
Science Explorationinterplanetary
Launch Details
Launch Date
10/7/2024
Launch ID
2024-180
Launch Profile
Sat EEO E
Service Type
C
Customer Type
OG
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
SpaceX
Launch Vehicle
Falcon 9 FT5
Launch Site
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral (Cape Canaveral Air Station, Florida)US
Payload Summary
Payload Count
3
Payload Status
active 3
Payload Mission Types
Science Exploration 3
Track
Mentions
160
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

HERA flew around the Moon in 2022 on Artemis I.

PlanGeneralValue 2.0Apr 8, 2026Czech Radiation Chips on Artemis II Bring ISS Experience

HERA is designed to provide instant warning if a solar flare emerges during periods of high solar activity.

CapabilityValue 3.5Apr 8, 2026Czech Radiation Chips on Artemis II Bring ISS Experience

Tyvak International developed the Milani CubeSat for ESA’s Hera mission.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Mar 19, 2026Contractor Selected for RAMSES Planetary Defense Mission

Farinella will carry Vista, a dust detector previously flown on the Milani CubeSat from ESA’s Hera mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Mar 19, 2026Contractor Selected for RAMSES Planetary Defense Mission

Ramses builds on experience from ESA’s Hera mission, which is the agency’s first dedicated planetary defence spacecraft and is en route to the Didymos binary asteroid system.

GeneralCapabilityValue 3.0Feb 18, 2026ESA signs Ramses spacecraft and cubesat deals for Apophis flyby

Tekever has partnered with the European Space Agency on the Hera planetary defence mission and the PROBA-3 formation-flying mission.

RelationshipsGeneralValue 4.0Jan 29, 2026Partners to Develop French Sovereign SAR Satellite Capability

The new spacecraft will leverage technology and expertise derived from GomSpace’s contributions to high-profile interplanetary programs, including the ESA HERA mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.2Jan 9, 2026GomSpace Secures €2.9 Million Contract for North American Lunar Mission

The mission HERA is scheduled to arrive at the asteroid system as part of the DART test.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Jan 9, 2026Il 2026 dell’ESA: Ariane 64, Galileo e svolta nell’esplorazione

Hera is ESA's mission to the Didymos binary asteroid system and continues on its development path under the updated budget.

PlanFinancialValue 3.0Dec 4, 2025ESA Space Safety programme gains major funding increase

Vigil is one of three central ESA missions aimed at enhancing space safety, along with Hera and Clearspace-1.

GeneralValue 2.0Nov 28, 2025Vom Lagrange-Punkt L5 aus die Sonne im Visier

ESA's Planetary Defence team oversees the development of Europe's asteroid mitigation capabilities through missions such as Hera.

CapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Nov 23, 202540 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!

Hera is en route to the asteroid Dimorphos to study the aftermath of the impact carried out by NASA's DART spacecraft in 2022.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Nov 23, 202540 000 near-Earth asteroids discovered!

Planetary defense efforts by ESA combine advanced asteroid detection with missions such as Hera and Ramses to improve response capabilities for potential impacts.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.2Oct 31, 2025ESA Expands Space Safety Fleet to Protect Earth and Enable Sustainable Space Operations

The ESA and JAXA are working on the BepiColombo mission to Mercury and Hera mission approaching the asteroid system Dimorphos.

PlanRelationshipsValue 3.6Oct 31, 2025La ESA abre una delegación en Tokio para reforzar la cooperación en Asia

Henon is the first CubeSat that will fly independently without a parent spacecraft, unlike Juventas and Milani which will communicate with the larger Hera spacecraft.

CapabilityPlanValue 3.8Oct 30, 2025ESA's first stand-alone deep-space CubeSat Henon takes shape

The HOOP solution integrates with the HERA Cubesat Mission Operation Center led by SPACEBEL at ESA's ESEC facility in Redu, Belgium.

RelationshipsCapabilityValue 4.0Oct 28, 2025Europe advances asteroid defense as GomSpace secures operational support contract

GomSpace's HOOP product supports the implementation of the ground segment for the HERA's Juventas mission.

CapabilityRelationshipsValue 4.0Oct 28, 2025Europe advances asteroid defense as GomSpace secures operational support contract

The HERA-Juventas satellite and the Milani companion vehicle will begin surveying the Didymos-Dimorphos asteroid system from January to May 2027.

PlanCapabilityValue 4.5Oct 28, 2025Europe advances asteroid defense as GomSpace secures operational support contract

Beyond Gravity's solar array drive mechanisms have been used on ESA's BepiColombo mission to Mercury and the Hera planetary defense mission.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 17, 2025Beyond Gravity Boosts Production of its Solar Array Tech

Beyond Gravity's mechanisms have been featured in ESA's BepiColombo mission to Mercury, NASA's Artemis lunar program, and ESA's Hera planetary defense mission launched in October 2024.

GeneralValue 2.2Oct 16, 2025Beyond Gravity boosts Swiss production of solar array mechanisms
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